Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-11 Thread Mohan Sundaram
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Narendiran a.narendi...@gmail.com wrote: I do not know much about unison to comment on it, but your 3rd machine is boon for you. You do not need to make it as a bridge between the 2 servers. But you can use it to keep track of your ips. You can overcome the

[Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread Arun Venkataswamy
Hi, I had a seemingly simple problem till I started the implementation. I have two GNU/Linux servers, one in Erode and another one in Coimbatore - both inside respective LANs which is connected to the internet. I also have one VPS server (Linode) running with a static IP connected to the

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread ashwin kesavan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:12:22 +0530, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: ... Based on my research the Unison project ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) seems to fit very well in the star topology. Any comments? Any better tool to achieve this? Am I in the right path? Simple rsync tool

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:44 PM, ashwin kesavan ashwin@gmail.com wrote: Simple rsync tool should be sufficent. It can operate over ssh and sync only the differences. The advantage unison would provide over rsync is bi-directional mirroring. -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread Arun Venkataswamy
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:44 PM, ashwin kesavan ashwin@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:12:22 +0530, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: ... Based on my research the Unison project ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) seems to fit very well in the star topology. Any comments?

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread Narendiran
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Arun Venkataswamy arun...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I had a seemingly simple problem till I started the implementation. I have two GNU/Linux servers, one in Erode and another one in Coimbatore - both inside respective LANs which is connected to the internet. I

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread Arun Venkataswamy
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Narendiran a.narendi...@gmail.com wrote: rsync will be first back up tool u want to consider. But in your case there are more things to worry about. Your internet connection more specifically, do you have static ip at both ends or do u get assigned dynamic

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread Narendiran
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Arun Venkataswamy arun...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Narendiran a.narendi...@gmail.com wrote: Yes I have that problem. The IP addresses of the internet connections of the two machines will keep changing, and they are also behind a modem

Re: [Ilugc] File sync between two locations

2013-03-10 Thread arun kumar
Use openvpnAS It will be enough for your sped Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc